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Moving Units from an Earlier 9000 Series to a 9750 Controller
If you are moving units from a 9550SX or later 9000-series controller to a 9750 controller, the process is a little different from when you are moving units from one 9750 to another.. The steps you follow depend on whether you are booting from the drives attached to the older controller, or whether they are being used for secondary storage.

| Note: Only SATA-2 drives are supported on the 9750. You cannot move SATA-1 drives.

To move a bootable unit from an earlier 9000 series controller to a 9750 controller

1 | If you are working with a Linux system, skip to step 2.

If you are working with a Windows system:

a | Power down the computer.

b | Install the 9750 controller in the computer, leaving the original controller installed and its drives attached.

c | Boot to the operating system.

2 | Install the driver for the 9750 RAID controller.

If you are using Linux, you may also need to update the initial RAM disk. For more information, see Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core or Updating the 3ware Driver Under SUSE.

3 | Power down the computer.

4 | Remove the original controller.

5 | If you are working with a Linux system, install the 9750 controller.

6 | Attach the drives that were on the original controller to the 9750 controller.

7 | Power up the computer and verify that the upgrade is complete. (The existing units should be available for use.)

8 | Remove old 3DM and CLI files and install new versions.

To move a secondary storage unit from an earlier 9000 series controller to a 9750 controller

1 | Power down the computer.

2 | Remove the 9690SA, 9650SE, or 9550SX controller.

3 | Install the 9750 controller in the computer.

4 | Attach the drives that were on the original controller to the 9750.

5 | Boot to the operating system.

6 | Install the driver for the 9750.

If you are using Linux, you may also need to update the initial RAM disk. For more information, see Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core or Updating the 3ware Driver Under SUSE. .

7 | Reboot if you are prompted to do so by the operating system.

8 | Remove old 3DM and CLI files and install new versions.

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